But touch me, and no Minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to Ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. Works: In English Verse - Page 119by Horace - 1767Full view - About this book
| Horace - 1881 - 420 pages
...awe * Happily translated by Pope : — ' ' Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme ; Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, Our adversaries. By this rule, The wolf attacks with teeth, the bull With horns. And why, but for the... | |
| Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...PLATO. But touch me, and no Minister so sore, Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to Ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. r. POPE — Second Book of Horace. Satire I. Line 76. Curst be the... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...69. But touch me, and no minister so sore ; Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of some merry song. Line 76. Bare the mean heart that lurks behind a star. Line 110. There... | |
| Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...Jesting. But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry soug. 4334 Pope : Satire i. Line 76. Eidicule is a weak weapon, when levelled... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1887 - 224 pages
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| Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
...more : But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of a merry song." Here, then, is the personal motive of his Satire, plainly avowed ; and... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1890 - 464 pages
...• " But touch me, and no Minister so sore : Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time Slides into verse and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. " Already, it seems, in childhood he had the same irresistible instinct,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...for more. YOUNG: Love of Fame. RIDICULE. Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time, Slides in a verse, or hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of some merry song. POPE. Those who aim at ridicule Should fix upon some certain rule, Which... | |
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